A multivariate statistical study of copper mineralization in the central section of Mosaboni Mine, Eastern Singhbhum, India

A multivariate statistical analysis was carried out with log-transformed values of Cu, Ni, Co, Pb, Zn, Ag, Cr, Mn, Ca, and Sr in several sets of samples collected across the mineralized base metal zone in sheared soda granite, feldspathic schist, and chlorite schist from the central section of Mosaboni Mine of the famous Singhbhum Copper Belt of eastern India. Linear correlation coefficient matrices of two sets of ore samples (>0.5% Cu)—one from levels 18 and 21 and the other from levels 25 and 28—indicate two well-defined and distinct clusters comprising Cu, Ni, Co, Pb, and Zn on one hand and Ca, Sr, and Mn on the other. Varimax-rotatedR-mode factor analysis of two above-noted sample sets, taken along with available geologic information, indicates that over 80% of the variability in data matrices for 9–10 elements can be accounted for by four distinct processes: (a) an early phase of copper mineralization which apparently replaced Mn, Ca, and Sr in the host rock; (b) a silicate-cum-oxide phase of crystallization/recrystallization of host rock; (c) remobilization of sulfide-forming ore elements (Cu, Ni, Co, Pb, and Zn); and (d) a phase of mineralization of Ag which appears to have replaced Cr, Ca and Cu. Process (c) was quantitatively most important. Factor score studies are suggestive of preferred introduction of Ni, Co, Pb, and Zn along central parts of preexisting copper-mineralized zones.     

长江经济带主要城市群2h出行交通圈格局特征

城市群作为城镇化高级阶段区域社会经济发展和参与国际竞争的主要空间载体,良好的交通通达性是其高质量发展的必要条件。以《交通强国建设纲要》提出的城市群2h通达目标为研究视角,以长江经济带3个国家级城市群为研究对象,选取加权平均出行时间作为测度指标并引入场强和引力模型,对比分析3个城市群所有城市与中心城市两个层级2h出行交通圈格局特征。研究发现：① 3个城市群出行交通圈均表现为从中心向外围地区呈现出由低到高连续扩大的“圈层式”空间格局特征,且长三角和成渝城市群分别形成了“>”字型和“十”字型2h出行廊道,但长江中游城市群尚未形成2h出行廊道。② 城市群中心城市2h出行交通圈的空间分布受区位条件影响较大,越接近区域几何中心则2h出行交通圈覆盖范围越大,而影响腹地受中心城市综合规模的作用明显,3个城市群各中心城市2h出行交通圈和影响腹地的空间分异显著。③ 不同城市群中心城市2h出行交通圈衔接联系水平差异显著,表现出多元的圈层叠加的经济联系格局。④ 高密度高速公路路网在提高城市群中心城市2h出行交通圈衔接联系水平中发挥重要作用,按衔接联系模式特征可将各城市群总结为多中心网络型、多中心组团型与双中心轴辐型。     

古亚洲洋东段闭合时限：来自大兴安岭南段二叠系-三叠系界线沉积地层和碎屑锆石年代学的制约

古亚洲洋东段的具体闭合时限长期以来存在争议,重要原因在于缺乏相应时期的典型沉积剖面研究。近期,笔者在大兴安岭南段阿鲁科尔沁旗地区新发现一套保存较好的二叠-三叠系沉积序列,其详细记录了古亚洲洋闭合过程。本文以此为研究对象,重点对上二叠统林西组和下三叠统老龙头组开展沉积学和碎屑锆石年代学研究。上二叠统林西组上部为一套湖泊相沉积,下三叠统老龙头组为一套河湖相沉积,底部为冲积扇辫状河砾岩层。两套地层界线附近沉积环境发生剧变,气候从温暖湿润转变为炎热干旱,确定研究区林西组沉积时代为晚二叠世长兴期,老龙头组沉积时代为早三叠世奥伦尼克期,两者为平行不整合接触关系,两者之间存在短暂沉积间断。林西组砂岩重矿物含量丰富,类型多样,原岩为中酸性岩浆岩、基性岩浆岩、少部分变质岩及沉积岩;老龙头组砂岩重矿物类型少,原岩为中酸性岩浆岩和少量变质岩。林西组2个碎屑岩样品最年轻峰值年龄分别为255±2Ma和255±1Ma,ε_Hf(t)=-22.84~+13.17,变化范围较大。老龙头组2个碎屑岩样品最年轻峰值年龄分别为248±1Ma和249±1Ma,ε_Hf(t)=7.95~11.28。结合重矿物、碎屑锆石和Hf同位素研究,确定林西组物源主要来自于兴蒙造山带,少量可能来自于华北板块,具有复杂物源、远距离搬运再沉积的特征。老龙头组物源主要来自于兴蒙造山带,具有周缘近距离搬运沉积的特征。通过区域对比上二叠统林西组与下三叠统老龙头组碎屑锆石携带年代学信息,推测古亚洲洋东段沿着西拉木伦河缝合带在晚二叠世发生汇聚碰撞作用,古亚洲洋东段闭合作用至少持续至早三叠世,老龙头组沉积期发生强烈汇聚造山作用,老龙头组是古亚洲洋闭合板块碰撞作用的产物。

     

四川盆周山地暖季单站暴雨事件的精细特征

利用四川省2010—2019年2 165个气象站逐小时降水资料,分区统计了四川盆周山地暖季(5—9月)单站暴雨事件的精细特征。结果表明:(1)四川省单站暴雨事件频数在川西山地与川西南山地呈密集的带状分布。川西与川西南山地通常在降水开始不久就达到雨量最大值,而川东北山地的峰值时间集中在暴雨事件中段。(2)盆周山地的暴雨系统整体呈自南向北由前半夜向后半夜传播的特征。川西南山地和川东北山地的暴雨系统分别呈现较弱的自南向北和自西向东传播,而川西山地的暴雨系统则存在明显的自西向东的传播特征。(3)长历时暴雨事件的峰值出现时间略落后于短历时暴雨事件。暴雨持续时间在空间上存在显著的经向差异,大值区主要位于川西山地和川东北山地一带,暴雨雨量、频次和峰值基本不随持续时间变化,但川西南山地的暴雨峰值则随持续时间的加长而推迟。(4)在四川省大部区域,单站暴雨事件的降水量、频次和强度均表现出随海拔高度升高而减小的特征。在成都平原西南部、东部以及川东北山地,夜间暴雨事件持续时间越长,降水量和频次在较高海拔越易出现最大值。     

内蒙古赤峰地区泥盆纪晚期火山岩的发现及其地质意义

运用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得华北地块北缘内蒙古赤峰莲花山地区朝吐沟组2件流纹质熔结凝灰岩的形成时代,分别为366Ma±2Ma和364Ma±2Ma。测年结果表明,莲花山朝吐沟组火山岩形成于泥盆纪晚期,而不是早石炭世。同时,这一结果也将赤峰地区朝吐沟组的时代限定为泥盆纪晚期,而非早石炭世。莲花山泥盆纪晚期火山岩总体上以富硅、碱、铝,贫铁、镁、钙、钛及过铝质为特征,与本区晚石炭世—二叠纪钙碱性火山岩（如青凤山组或大石寨组火山岩）的特征明显不同。华北地块北缘泥盆纪晚期火山岩的形成可能与早古生代末期—晚古生代初期白乃庙岛弧和华北克拉通北缘弧—陆碰撞后的伸展环境有关。这一构造环境与华北地块北缘泥盆纪碱性岩及基性—超基性岩侵位背景相似。     

Revised stratigraphy and eruption rates of Ceboruco stratovolcano and surrounding monogenetic vents (Nayarit,Mexico) from historical documents and new radiocarbon dates

More than a dozen new radiocarbon dates reconstruct the eruptive history of Ceboruco volcano. Six of these further constrain previous results for the important plinian Jala eruption, which occurred near 1060 ± 55 yr BP. A calibrated radiocarbon age of AD 990–1020 was obtained as best overlap range for all samples. Pottery fragments found directly underneath the pumice deposit indicate that this area was inhabited by human populations that witnessed the eruption. This age therefore represents an important time marker in the prehistory of this region, because an area of > 560 km2 was devastated and covered by a thickness of > 50 cm of pumice and ash fallout.     

2000年4月29日内乡ML4.7级地震前潢川地电异常变化

2000年4月29日11时54分，河南省南阳市内乡县马山口镇与镇平县寺山乡之间发生一次ML4.7级地震。地震前3天，潢山台视电阻率ρs异常较为明显。分析了此次异常与内乡ML4.7级地震的关系，认为此次异常很有可能是内乡ML4.7级地震的短临前兆异常。当观测台站与震源位于同一构造带时，即便离震中较远，地电阻率对地震异常反映仍较灵敏，且与构造带同一走向的测向尤为明显。     

Discovery of a binary Centaur

We have identified a binary companion to (42355) 2002 CR₄₆ in our ongoing deep survey using the Hubble Space Telescope's High Resolution Camera. It is the first companion to be found around an object in a non-resonant orbit that crosses the orbits of giant planets. Objects in orbits of this kind, the Centaurs, have experienced repeated strong scattering with one or more giant planets and therefore the survival of binaries in this transient population has been in question. Monte Carlo simulations suggest, however, that binaries in (42355) 2002 CR₄₆-like heliocentric orbits have a high probability of survival for reasonable estimates of the binary's still-unknown system mass and separation. Because Centaurs are thought to be precursors to short period comets, the question of the existence of binary comets naturally arises; none has yet been definitively identified. The discovery of one binary in a sample of eight observed by HST suggests that binaries in this population may not be uncommon.     

Evolution of regional metamorphism in the Cape Smith Thrust Belt (northern Quebec, Canada): interaction of tectonic and thermal processes

Abstract Syn-metamorphic re-imbrication of the internal part of thrust belts can result in distinct pressure–temperature–time–deformation ( P–T–t–d ) pathways for different structural–metamorphic domains. In the early Proterozoic Cape Smith Thrust Belt (Canada), an external (piggyback-sequence thrusting) domain is characterized by thermal peak metamorphism occurring after deformation. In contrast, thermal peak metamorphism in an internal domain occurred during re-imbrication by out-of-sequence thrusting. The interactions of tectonic and thermal processes have been studied using three methods: (i) qualitative evaluation of the timing between mineral growth and deformation; (ii) analytical P–T paths from growth-zoned garnet porphyroblasts; and (iii) numerical modelling of vertical heat conduction. Derived P–T–t–d pathways suggest that uplift in the external domain resulted in part from erosion and isostatic unloading. In contrast, paths for the internal domain indicate that the out-of-sequence portion of the thrust belt may have experienced faster unroofing relative to the external domain. This is attributed to thickening by out-of-sequence thrusting and possibly to extensional faulting at (now eroded) higher structural levels. Observations on the timing of metamorphism, coupled with numerical modelling, suggest that the thermal peak metamorphism documented in the external domain is a consequence of the emplacement of the out-of-sequence thrusts stack in the internal portion of the thrust belt.